When zimun is said with ten or more, must God's name ('Eloheinu') be mentioned in the zimun formula?
Synopsis
When ten or more eat together, all authorities agree that 'Eloheinu' must be added to the zimun formula — 'Nevarekh Eloheinu.' The quantity (10, 100, 1000, ten thousand) makes no difference; the formula remains the same.
More in Zimmun and Joining Groups
Is zimun (invitation formula before Birkat HaMazon) obligatory when three or more adults eat together?
2 opinions
Should the mezamen (leader) say 'Nevarekh' (let us bless) or may he say 'Barekhu' (bless!) when leading zimun?
3 opinions
Should the mezamen add 'u-v'tuvo chayinu' (and by His goodness we live) in his opening formula 'Nevarekh she-akhalnu mi-shelo'?
6 opinions
Should the assembled diners answer 'Amen' after the mezamen concludes his response ('Baruch she-akhalnu mi-shelo u-v'tuvo chayinu')?
4 opinions
Should 'Baruch Hu u-varuch Shemo' be said after the mezamen mentions God's name in the zimun formula?
5 opinions
Is it permitted to say 'Nevarekh l'Eloheinu' (with a lamed prefix — 'to our God') in the zimun formula?
3 opinions
Is it permitted to deviate from the standard zimun nusach — e.g., saying 'al ha-mazon she-akhalnu,' 'le-mi she-akhalnu mi-shelo,' 'mi-tuvo' instead of 'u-v'tuvo,' or 'chayyim' instead of 'chayinu'?
6 opinions
Before zimun, should one verbally announce the intention to bentch (recite Birkat HaMazon)?
3 opinions across 3 eras
Related from other topics
May a shamash who is serving two people join their meal to participate in a zimun (grace after meals quorum of three) without being explicitly invited?
Blessings on Bread-Like Foods
Are three people who ate together obligated to make a zimun, and are they forbidden from separating?
Zimmun of Ten
When two people eat together, is it a mitzvah to seek a third person in order to create an obligation of zimun?
Zimmun of Ten
When may a group of six or more separate into smaller groups for zimun?
Zimmun of Ten
May a large group that cannot hear the zimun leader split into smaller groups of three (rather than ten) to facilitate zimun?
Zimmun of Ten
When do diners who did not all begin eating together still combine for zimun?
Zimmun of Ten
Discussion
Discussion coming soon.
The Daily Law
One question. Every opinion. Every morning.
A new halakhic question and the full spectrum of rabbinic thought, delivered daily.